ACC 291 Week 5 - Individual Assignment - Effect of Unethical Behavior Article Analysis

Impact of Unethical Behavior Analysis

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Unethical practices and behavior in accounting may often go unchecked because the actions may be the result of management or executives. Fear of negative reactions from management or other peers may silence a person causing them to turn a “blind eye”. Falsifying or altering business documents such as sales receipts, or tampering with reports may lead to unethical practices. According to Anonymous Employee  (n.d.), "Among the most common unethical business behaviors of employees are making long-distance calls on business lines, duplicating software for use at home, falsifying the number of hours worked, or much more serious and illegal practices, such as embezzling money from the business, or falsifying business